Recently, through a creative collaborator, I discovered this book: The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller. What a beautiful exploration of the many facets of grief and the ways that we in western industrialized society, where white ways are the dominant norm, have lost the capacity to bear the sorrow of losing all that is impermanent. Even in spiritual circles we can be told to “think positively” and if we focus on loss we will manifest it. So painful.
What is lost in our “grief-phobic” “death-denying” culture?
How much of ourselves and others do we avoid because of the discomfort of allowing our hearts to break fully? And what would it be like to create sacred space to honor our grief? To honor everything that we have loved and lost, the places in us and others that have not known love, the sorrow of the world, what we expected and did not receive, as well as the grief of our ancestors? What if we are naturally capable of allowing the heartbreak of the world to be met in us? What could be discovered then? I am curious, are you?
Please join us to find out.
We plan to gather on Saturday January 1st from 10 to 11:30 am Mountain Standard Time for guided meditation, silence, and inquiry into the sacred offerings of grief and gratitude.
Everyone is welcome. Contact me here to receive the link. The gathering is free and donations are accepted $0-$20 here:
